Top stories developing across the region at the noon hour:
Two members of the Vermont House are running for leadership of the Republican caucus; an independent review has concluded that Vermont’s community mental health system is one of the best in the country; Winooski officials ask for name suggestions for new streets being built; in New Hampshire, the Grafton County attorney’s office is reviewing an investigation of a possible hazing incident at Dartmouth College; Jeffery Holmes is being memorialized in the lobby of Hartford High School after being killed in Iraq on Thanksgiving.
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